Bands FC have been one of the most creative additions to modern football culture in recent years.
The concept is simple. Bands as football teams, football teams as bands. And it all manifests itself in the shape of innovative logos.
Exhibition
Bands FC currently have an exhibition running at Dublin's Rascals Brewery until Sunday, October 20th and admission is also free if you're hoping to pop along.
After the launch of the exhibition, co-founders Nick Fraser and Mark Liptrott joined me in studio on Team 33.
The duo explained how they came up with the idea and also showed us some of the individual designs.
⚽️🎸🎼 If you've seen the work of @_Bands_FC before, they popped into studio to chat w/@teamthirtythree
Here's when they tell @Raftastico how they came up w/@FranzFerdinand X FK Sarajevo and @TheCure X Nottingham Forest
Full interview: https://t.co/DqHhr0wSS5 pic.twitter.com/zUiRgGoEfk
— Off The Ball (@offtheball) October 10, 2019
Bands featured include Franz Ferdinand, Echo & The Bunnymen and Dublin's own Fontaines re-imagined as football badges. Plus, the lads also gave their views on the modern club trend of updating badge and crest designs.
You can watch the full interview above via YouTube where you can also see some of their most eye-catching bands/football badge mash-ups. Or you can listen in below via the podcast.
Also this week, Enda Coll and Cian Roche joined me to discuss Ireland's latest Euro 2020 results and preview Manchester United v Liverpool. You can listen to that below or via iTunes or the GoLoud App: